A Baltimore School for the Arts alumna, Laura Halm received her B.F.A. in dance from the Juilliard School in 2002. She has had the pleasure of performing with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and as a soloist with the Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheater in SaarbrĂźcken, Germany. Over the course of her performance career, she has danced masterworks by contemporary choreographers JiĹĂ KyliĂĄn, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, and Johan Inger, among many others. Highlights of her career include performing the title role of âAnastasiaâ in Sir Kenneth MacMillanâs Anastasia, the âBlack Swanâ in Marguerite Donlonâs Schwannensee–aufgetaucht, and the âRed Womanâ in Ingerâs Walking Mad. In 2014, Stijn Celis created the role of âSolveigâ for Halm in his interpretation of Peer Gynt. As a member of the University of Washingtonâs Chamber Dance Company in 2016, she performed Lucinda Childsâ groundbreaking post-modern solo Carnation. Most recently, Halm has been the choreography assistant and rehearsal director for Dance Company Nanine Linning in Heidelberg, Germany.Â